Runners smash records at ECACs Sports Source 1s

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by Chris Nielsen staff writer

While most Cabrini students were taking a much-needed vacation, the elite runners of Cabrini's track team were competing in the ECAC championships in Boston.

The ECAC championship is the biggest meet of the indoor track season.

The qualifying times and distances are very high, so only the best of the East Coast get to compete in the meet.

Cabrini's top performer in the meet was first-)e.2r student Ttffan~ Cor-ry.~'ho rm m t!le 55m hurdles and was pan of the women's 4x200m relay team.

Corry's indi-.idual perfor- mance in the 55m hurdles earned her the honor of being selected All ECAC. She finished just short of qualifying for nationals by finishing in a time of 8:92.

According to Coach Tom O'Hora, this was the first time Corry broke nine seconds in her event.

Her sixth place finish was also note worthy because she was seeded only 14th when entering the race.

For the rest of the Lady Cavs, the season was fittingly concluded with a strong finish in the -ix200.

For most of the season, the first-year runners have made up the core of the team, and this race was no different.

Due to an injury to junior Hamirah Mobley, the women's short distance team has consisted entirely of first-year students. The 4x200 team consisted of frrst-year runners Corry, Amanda Campbell, Donna Kain and Kristen Zielinski.

The relay team finished first in their heat and l 0th overall with a time of 1:51.15.

All of the runners ran strong races, with an average split of 28 seconds.

Particularly impressive was Kain, who had to overcome illness in order to compete in the race.

For the men ·s team. the highlight was the distance medley relay, which broke the school record set earlier this year.

The team consisted of sophomore Ryan Jones in the 1200m, sophomore Shawn Hazlett in the 400m, first-year srudent Patrick Hutton in the 800m and sophomore Jason Bull in the mile.

According to O'Hora, Jone got the team off to a good start, and the team performed better than had been expected.

Other Cabrini athletes who qualified to compete in the ECACs were senior James Williams and Hazlett, who both competed in the 55m. sprint.

With the indoor season now completed. the team is looking forward to competing in the spring outdoor season, beginning later in the semester in late March.